In response to the fact that tar sands oil mining is THREATENING caribou herds by DESTROYING their habitat in Alberta, the Canadian government has called for strychnine POISONING and AERIAL SHOOTING of THOUSANDS of wolves in areas near tar sands mining.

The "BIG BAD WOLF" in this struggle is NOT the furry kind; it’s the kind that WALKS ON TWO LEGS! The caribou’s habitat is being destroyed by mining.

The Alberta Tar Sands has created a MASSIVE LOSS of habitat for all wildlife in the region, but perhaps the most profoundly affected has been the caribou.

But instead of taking steps to PROTECT the caribou’s habitat, Canada’s Minister of Environment said that THOUSANDS of Alberta wolves will NEED to be killed to rescue caribou impacted by tar sands development.

Killing the wolves means SHOOTING them from HELICOPTERS and POISONING them with BAITS laced with strychnine.

Strychnine is a DEADLY poison that causes a PAINFUL progression from MUSCLE SPASMS to convulsions to suffocation over a period of hours. It is an excruciating death!!

The poisoned baits will also pose a threat for NON-TARGETED animals like cougars and wolverines that may eat them.

Canada’s FIRST PRIORITY should be PROTECTION of the habitat, NOT additional assaults on the native wildlife!

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"The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men." ~Alice WalkerThe source of the quote is Walker's preface to Marjorie Spiegel's 1988 book, "The Dreaded Comparison" . Her next sentence was, "This is the gist of Ms. Spiegel's cogent, humane and astute argument, and it is sound."